Najmłodszy uczestnik lotów kosmicznych w programie Skylab.
Załoga Skylab 4 przez prawie połowę pierwszej części, rekordowej wówczas, misji pracowała przez 16 godzin na dobę.
Pod koniec 1973 roku astronauci rozłączyli się w ramach buntu z Ziemią, robiąc sobie wolny dzień.
Ostatecznie NASA przyznała rację załodze.
Trzech uczestników poprzednich wypraw na stację Skylab wróciło jeszcze na orbitę w ramach programu STS, a dodatkowo jeszcze jeden astronauta był zaangażowany w loty ALT.
Z ostatniej załogi stacji Skylab nikt już nie odbył lotu kosmicznego.
A CONVERSATION WITH SKYLAB 4 ASTRONAUT ED GIBSONCHASE CLARK APRIL 13, 2013
(...) Gibson: “We had a bicycle Ergometer, which was used primarily to keep the cardiovascular system in shape. That worked pretty well. We had Exergenies, essentially resistance devices, that were like lifting weights back down here on the ground.
“We also had what I call a “poor-man’s treadmill.” Right now they have folks living up there in luxury with a first-class treadmill. We didn’t have that available so Bill Thornton, who was an ingenious doctor that later flew on some Shuttle flights, came up with a way to hold us down to the deck with about our own weight by putting elastic straps over our shoulders and then a thin Teflon sheet about two feet wide and four feet long under our feet. In that arrangement we could walk or run by letting our feet slide over the Teflon. That helped keep some of the muscles in shape in our hips and legs that we wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise. It worked out pretty well.
“We exercised about an hour and a half every day, which was longer than the previous crews had to exercise, so we came back in slightly better condition.”
Despite advances in exercise equipment for use in zero gravity, Gibson believes that bone loss during a manned mission to Mars might still be an issue. (...)
https://www.rocketstem.org/2013/04/13/conversation-with-skylab-astronaut-ed-gibson/Last man out the door! Former astronaut Ed Gibson, 84, the final person to leave NASA's Skylab space station in 1974, says he'd 'go back in a heartbeat' if given the chancePUBLISHED: 14:44 GMT, 29 March 2021 | UPDATED: 19:31 GMT, 29 March 2021
Former astronaut Ed Gibson, the final person to leave NASA's Skylab space station, says he'd go back to space 'in a heartbeat' if given the chance.
Gibson, a solar physicist, was in the first group of scientist-astronauts selected to go into space by NASA, making his only spaceflight as part of the final Skylab crew.
The 84-year-old, who closed the door on the first US space station, told MailOnline: 'If someone wants to test the effect of zero gravity on tired old bones I'm available.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9381109/Former-astronaut-Ed-Gibson-84-says-hed-heartbeat-given-chance.htmlbunt kosmiczny
https://www.iflscience.com/exclusive-astronaut-ed-gibson-on-how-skylab-the-first-us-space-station-changed-space-exploration-59816https://medium.com/the-making-of-an-ex-nuke/dial-m-for-mutiny-the-greatest-spaceflight-controversy-that-didnt-happen-f8d879cee7ccSYND 7-12-73 ASTRONAUTA EDWARD GIBSON O CELACH MISJIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=EAuNZFiksgIInterview With Dr Ed Gibson The Last Astronaut On SkylabEd Gibson: Astronaut, Speaker, AuthorEd Gibson: Astronaut, Speaker, Author (2011)
Skylab 4 - Final Crewed Mission - Historical Footage & Narration, Mission Audio, NASAhttps://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/hall_of_fame.php50 years ago today, Edward Gibson, Gerald Carr, and William Pogue suited up for a portrait ahead of their launch to Skylab on Nov. 16, 1973.They were the third and last crew to visit Skylab, America's first space station. #Skylab50 More:
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Wątek: EG Gibson - 08.11.1936 (Przeczytany 1665 razy)